December 4th, 2007
Coupe Nationale
Round 2
Strasbourg Vs. Marseille
Starting XI
GK: R. Riou-60
LB: T.Taiwo-78
CB: J. Faty
CB: R. Zubar- 73
RB: L. Bonnart
CDM: L. Cana (Captain)-81
LM: B. Cheyrou- 76
RM: M. Valbuena-77
RS: M. Moussilou- 71
LS: D. Cisse-79
CF: M. Niang-81
Pre Match Report: I have heard rumors that Marseille are resting most of there regulars today to give some of the reserves and subs some playing time. It is sort of confusing considering they just played last week in league play and the full strength team tied 0-0. Maybe the backups have something more to play for to show what they are made of. Strasbourg has not had the best of season's so far. They are currently sitting in 18th in the league and have had a misserable start to the season. Maybe they are putting more focus on the Coupe Nationale. Who knows what some teams are up to these days but here come the teams out onto the pitch. See you at halftime folks.
First Half: Strasbourg Kickoff
3rd min- Niang dribbles the left flank and fakes his cross in and cuts back. He then crosses from the corner of the 18 and finds Cisse. Cisse gets his shot on goal but Cassard gets to it with ease.
11th min- Johansen gets the ball in between half and the 18 of Marseilles box. He lobs the ball off to his teamate before Cana can tackle it away from him. His lob finds the head of Renteria and he flicks it on to a wide open Abdessadk. He takes a beautiful touch off the chest and fires a one time shot towards goal. Riou makes the timely save and punches it out for a corner. The corner comes to nothing.
22nd min- Moussilou losses the ball near midfield and Strasbourg pulalalala hard towards Marseilles goal. Fanchone puts good pace on his pace to get it to an on-running Renteria. He turns and takes his shot and Riou comes up with a save but it is very weak. The ball bounces up in the air next to the goal and Renteria gets the rebound into the back of the net.
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28th min- A corner is awarded to Marseille. Valbuena takes in inswinging corner and Cisse gets his head to it. The ball misses the goal by inches
41st min- Cisse and Niang set up the dynamic conection once again. This time Cisse assists Niang. Cisse grabs the ball from midfield and dribbles with pace towards the defence. He then slots his through ball onto Niang's foot. Niang turns the last defender and makes his 1v1 count. He shoots his low drivin ball into the bottom left corner to tie it at 1.
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Halftime: The Marseille reserves and subs are looking to hold there own out there on the pitch. Even though two regular startes combined for the goal many of the other players have had chances. Valbuena looks to be the best of all of the non starters today. He is using his passing skills to show manager Cantona that he should be starting regularly. Strasbourg scored the first goal of the game in the 22nd minute but Marseille were persistent and got the equalizer right before half. This looks to be and exciting cup game.
Second Half: Marseille kickoff
50th min- Looks as though Strasbourg are pushing to get another goal with these substitutions.
IN: Gargorov
Rodrigo
OUT: Abdessadki
Cohade
61st min- Cheyrou steals the ball from Strasbourg Captain Lacour near the penalty box. He takes two touches towards goal and fires a laser to the bottom right corner. It misses by maybe 2 feet.
84th min- E Mouloungui gets injured on a harsh tackle by Taiwo play resumes though and Marseille kick it out of bounds for the injured player.
85th min- Substitution Strasbourg
IN: Gameiro
OUT: (Injured) Mouloungui
End Of Regulation: After the foul that Taiwo caused Strasbourg started to put the pressure on. The last 5+ minutes the ball did not leave Marseilles half. This should be an exciting over time period.
90th min- Substitution Marseille. Looks as though they are bringing on some regulars to see what they can produce in this extra time.
IN: Jedinak
Gonzalez
Ben Arfa
OUT: Cheyrou
Valbuena
Moussilou
99th min- Niang steals the ball from a faltering Strasbourg defence and takes a long touch but Cisse gets ahold of it before Niang can. Cisse takes a shot and Cassard makes a game saving parry. The ball bounces back towards play though and Cisse and Cassard both go for it. Cassard finally ends up with the ball and danger is averted for Strasbourg.
END OF FIRST OT
105th min- Marseille Kickoff
120th min- GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL LLLLLLLLLL!!! What a brilliant finish by Cisse in extra time of the OT. Marseille have put the pressure on Strasbourg in overtime and it paid off. Once again Niang and Cisse pair up to get the goal. Niang finds Cisse near the top of the box and gives him the ball. Cisse then turns and takes a one time shot on goal. Cassard can't make the save and the ball hits the back of the net and the visiting Marseille fans explode into chant. This game has to be surely over with now.
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Full Time: Wow what a match that was. The game winning goal was scored in the last seconds of OT. Nobody could of asked for a better game.
MOM: A shocking winner?!?!
Wason Renteria
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